Western cyclone., 1887-09-30

Condensed Reports Of the Latest News
from All Parts OF the State.

"A new courthouse is being butt
IN Clay county.
Farm hands are in great demand
in kearney county.
"A Grand Army post will shortly
be organized at I.udell
Ellsworth expects to find gas be-
meath great vein of salt.
An antelope was chased on the
streets of Eli, the other day.
kite flying is favorite amusc-
ment with Garden City girls.
Arkansas City will have eigh.
miles of streets macadamized.
The public market question Is
agitating the people of Winfield.
The Atchison Rapid Transit rail-
way will be in operation within thirty
days.
-Four co!oreG farmers near Dun
lap own two hundred acres OF land
each.
Over $2000,000 have been voted
to the Rock Island railroad in this
state.
A board Of trade. with 4 capital
stock of $1,000, has been organized at
Phillipsburg.
The metropolitan police of I.eay-
enworth still have an occasional job
of Joint pulling.
The Young Mems Christian asso-
citation will erect 4 $4,000 building Ut
Marion this fall.
--Forty-seven of the sixty-scven
agricultural societies in Kansas vii
hold fairs this fall.
The bands of Pottawatomie coun-
~ met at Westmoreland recently in
their first annua! tournament.
-kinsley is called the Venice OF
Kansas" 1t is on Coon creek, which
is there crossed by four bridges.
"A Hartland real estate firm is me-
gotiating for the locating of four hum
dred colored families in that neighbor-
hood.
Mrs. John a. Martin, the govern
or's wife, is TO be presented with 4
dress pattern made from silk spun ut
Peabody.
Of Parsons, held = picnic a few days
, Ego. The meetings Of the associntion
'se opened with prayer.
The Sterling water works have
Zen tested and are pronounced to DO
success. The wa er IL drawn from
u.rty-eight drive well points.
In the United States Court, Lee
Mas Ter was sentenced TO be hanged
Nov. Is, for killing A. Llwler Oct. IL,
in the territory. Washer ID 10 years
old.
Natural gas was struckin the salt
well at Ellsworth Saturday, depth Of
l,l90 feet. 1t is growing stronger rs
the drill goes down. The gas WAS
struck 300 feet below the salt.
A company is being formed for
the purpose of running an irrigating
ditch from a point near Coolidge
through the north part Of Hamilton,
Kearney, and Finney counties.
The post of Wichita will be repre-
sented largely at the National Encamp-
ment. They have chartered train OF
four cars and one sleeper for the round
trip over the ~. Louis, Fort Scott and
Wichita. and will be representative
Wichitans
A. II. Ford. Of Meridian. Texas,
arrived at Wichita. saturday night,
and an officer. who was waiting To ar
rest horse thief. thought he recog-
nized in Ford the man he WAS waiting
for. In an attempt 10 arrest the new
conner the officer shot him.
William Baker. Kansas pioneer,
died at his residence, near Fort scott,
September II. aged - years and -
days. He was native Of kentucky.
from which state he moved 10 Kansas
in 1858, and has resided Ia that local
ity ever since. He never took dose
of medicine until after lac was 80 years
old. He WAS buried By the Masonic
fraternity.
In 4 habcas corpus case in the
District court ut leaycnworth, Judge
Crozlier delivered M oral opinion de-
claring unconstitutional tile law CIV
ing the Governor power 10 appoint
police commissioners. police and
Judges. He declared the law gave a
discretionary power Ut punishment
which had not been known before in
the history OF the United states. lie
had searched everywhere faithfully
and earnestly, but could ind no PFC
cedent Proceedings are 10 lie instl-
tuted at once 10 oust the entire police
force. Judge Hunter and Marshal
Roberts under this ruling
The dynumi.e las found it, way
to Kansas. \ frw evenings since. the
people living along the banks ~ the
spring river. which, runs through Isax-
ter. were startled by several loud cx-
blossoms. aud supposed It the time
they wc4c due ID miners prospecting
for lead and zine ore: but the next few
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